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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. v

BARNARD HENRY KRONER, 0E MOUNT sTEELIEo, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR 0E ONE-HALFTO HENRY GRUNDER, 0E SAME PLAoE;

I STOVE-POLISH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 367,110, dated July 26,1887. Application filed August 18, 1855. Serial No.174,77. (Spooime s.)

,To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BARNARD HENRY Kao- ,NER, of Mount Sterling, in thecounty of Brown and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new anduseful Improvements in Stove Blaoking and Polish; and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itpertainsto make and use it.

My invention relatesto a stove blacking or polish.

The improvement consists in the ooinbination of certain ingredients,which are compounded together for producing the blacking or polish.

In the preparation of thecompound the following ingredients, in aboutthe proportions specified, are usedname1y: Benzine japan, or japanhaving benzine as the thinning agent, one-half pint; turpentine japan,known as Japan varnish, one'half pint; molasses, onequarter pint;plumbago, five (5) pounds; water sufficient to make a gallon of themixture.

These ingredients are thoroughly mixed together, and the compound isthen 'ready for use.

. I am aware that pluinbago and asp'haltum varnish (including bothturpentine and naphtha) have been used together as a stove-polish, andthat molasses has been used in a stovepolish with pluinbago, and do notclaim such, broadly, as my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent,

A stove blacking or polish composed of benzine japan, turpentine japan,molasses,- plumbago, and water, in or about the'proportions hereinbeforespecified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of witnesses.

BARNARD HENRY KRONEB.

,VVitnesses:

-FRANK ORR,

HENRY GRUNDER, JAS. A. COX.

